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• Research and Markets: Target Corporation, Federated Department Stores, Inc. and Sears Holdings Corporation Are among the Companies Competing against the TJX Companies, Inc

  - 2007-09-03

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c67253) has announced the addition of The TJX Companies, Inc. - Company Analysis to their offering.

  Tags: Federated Department Stores Inc., Sears Holdings Corp., Target Corp., TJX Companies Inc.

• Target to buy closed Strawbridge’s store in Springfield Mall

  - 2006-07-20

  The shuttered Strawbridge's store in the Springfield Mall, Delaware County, will be sold to Target Corp., leaving the Minneapolis company owning two store buildings less than two miles apart on Baltimore Pike. Target said it hadn't yet decided what to do with the two buildings. Federated Department Stores...

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• Will Field's name survive? Analysts see new name retail icon once merger is completed.(Business)

  - 2005-03-01

  Byline: Mike Comerford Daily Herald Business Writer Linked to Chicago's storied retail past, Marshall Field's may be a casualty of the planned merger of Federated Department Stores Inc. and May Department Stores Co. Legendary philanthropist and retailer Marshall Field was a major...

  Tags: Chicago, Federated Department Stores Inc., FINANCE, Investment, May Department Stores Co., merger, Retail, Target Corp.

• May to buy Marshall Field's

  - 2004-06-10

  May Department Stores Co. agreed on Wednesday to buy the Marshall Field's department stores from No. 2 U.S. discounter Target Corp. for $3.24 billion to gain a foothold among upscale chains. May, the owner of Lord & Taylor and Foley's, will acquire Marshall Field's 62 stores, three distribution...

  Tags: Branding, Federated Department Stores Inc., FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING, May Department Stores Co., Target Corp.

• Marshall Field's Chain Sold to May Department Stores in $3.2-Billion Deal.

  - 2004-06-10

  By Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 10--Target Corp. agreed Wednesday to sell its 62 Marshall Field's department stores to May Department Stores Co. of St. Louis, the parent company of the struggling Lord & Taylor chain. ...

  Tags: Detroit, Federated Department Stores Inc., FINANCE, Hudson, Lord & Taylor, Macy, May Department Stores Co., Michigan, SALES, Target Corp.

• May Department Stores to Pay $3.24 Billion for Marshall Field's.

  - 2004-06-10

  By Becky Yerak, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 10--Marshall Field's is getting a new owner, but its name and its Frango mints will live on. Capping a three-month bidding war, Target Corp. said Wednesday that it would sell...

  Tags: Chicago, Dillard, Federated Department Stores Inc., Lord & Taylor, SALES, Target Corp.

• Marshall Field Shoppers Face Another Renaming with Possible Federated Takeover.

  - 2004-04-16

  By Greta Guest, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 16--Marshall Field's shoppers, once loyal to Hudson's, seemed numb Thursday to the possibility that Federated Department Stores Inc. could buy the chain and rename it yet again. Federated,...

  Tags: Federated Department Stores Inc., FINANCE, Hudson, Investment, MARKETING, Mervyn, Retail, SALES, Target Corp.

• Federated Targets Marshall Field's Department Stores for Buyout.

  - 2004-04-15

  By Allyce Bess, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 15--Federated Department Stores Inc., the owner of Macy's and Bloomingdale's, said Wednesday that it might buy the Marshall Field's department stores from Target Corp. Target said last month...

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• Federated Flirts with Marshall Field's Purchase.

  - 2004-04-15

  By Scott Carlson, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 15--Industry observers have touted Federated Department Stores Inc. as the most likely buyer for Marshall Field's. On Wednesday, the Cincinnati-based owner of Macy's and Bloomingdale's took...

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• Federated Department Stores Is Likely Buyer of Minneapolis' Marshall Field's.

  - 2004-04-15

  By Scott Carlson, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 15--Industry observers have touted Federated Department Stores Inc. as the most likely buyer for Marshall Field's. On Wednesday, the Cincinnati-based owner of Macy's and Bloomingdale's took...

  Tags: Federated Department Stores Inc., FINANCE, Investment, Macy, Retail, Strategy, Target Corp.